When Thomas Marion Atkinson was born on 5 January 1883, in Erath, Texas, United States, his father, James Riley Atkinson, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Jane Gould, was 30. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Alice Amy White. He lived in Menard, Texas, United States in 1900 and Eastland, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 6 January 1955, in Menard, Menard, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Menard, Menard, Texas, United States.